Multiculturalism
Presented by Hamza Shahzad
July 25th, 2020
Challenges of Living in Multicultural Society
Cultural Diversity
Cultural Diversity in Pakistan
Importance of Cultural Diversity
Multiculturalism Manage Culture Diversity at the workplace
Multicultural Education
Diversity & Inclusion
Importance of Diversity & Inclusion in Higher Education
Ideology
Controversial Ideology
Tragic Events
Divides, Separate and Renders
Misconstrued Ideology
Multiculturalism Philosophy
A way to approach Cultural Diversity
Cultural differences should be respected and even
encouraged
Make claims due to maintain cultural identity
Successful Social Relationship
Challenges
Not Seen as a Positive Element
Multicultural Society
Escalated into Violence & Conflict
Challenges of Living Growing Demographic Evolution
in a Multicultural Melting pot
Society Opposes the Idea of Melting Pot
Single Solitary Cultural
Ideology
Refers to having difference including differences in
relation to behavior, ethnicity, race, status, religion,
attitude, believes & much more that come under the
umbrella of Cultural Diversity
Cultural Diversity Ideology
➢ Communication
➢ Conflict
➢ Cohesion
➢ Creativity
Ancient History
➢ Indus Valley Civilization
Language
➢ 8% local consider Urdu their mother tongue
➢ Regionally Focused (Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi….)
Islam
Cultural Diversity
➢ Practiced by majority
in Pakistan Food
➢ Influenced by neighbors
➢ Depend on geography
Art
➢ Arabic calligraphy to Poetry
Perform better culturally
Opportunities (Learning)
Importance of Broad range of understanding
Cultural Diversity Attract a diverse range of skillful and talented employees
Individual contribution & responsibility
Creativity
Communication
Manage Cultural Take short talking turns
Focus on individual, not the stereotypes
Diversity at the
Research (other’s culture)
workplace
Try to find something common
Eliminate biasness of current curriculum
Empower individuals from diverse culture
Recognize negative stereotypes
Add in-depth content, themes and perspective
Teachers’ Role
Develop practices to expose stereotypes
Multicultural Education
Set standards of behaviors
Focus on Cultural Responsive Teaching
Organize Cohesion and relevant activities to build
experiences
Enable students to communicate and collaborate with
others
Diversity is difference, while inclusion is embracing the
difference.
No growth policy
Relationship to hierarchy
Diversity & Inclusion Efficiency and creativity
Inclusion leads to better decision making, increase
engagement, productivity, innovation and ultimate better
cultural results
Core Mission
Importance of Diversity Social Responsibilities (As an intrinsic value)
& Inclusion in Higher Need of today
Widening dimensions of cultural diversity
Education
Daily Investment (Manage diversity & do training on
inclusion)
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